GeForce GT 530 OEM vs Quadro M2000

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking442not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.59no data
Power efficiency9.46no data
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameGM206GF108
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date8 April 2016 (8 years ago)14 May 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$437.75 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores76896
Core clock speed796 MHz700 MHz
Boost clock speed1163 MHzno data
Number of transistors2,940 million585 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate55.8211.20
Floating-point processing power1.786 TFLOPS0.2688 TFLOPS
ROPs324
TMUs4816

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length201 mm145 mm
Width1" (2.5 cm)1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type128 BitDDR3
Maximum RAM amount4 GB1 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1653 MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidthUp to 106 GB/s28.8 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors4x DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Number of simultaneous displays4no data
HDMI-+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

3D Vision Pro+no data
Mosaic+no data
nView Desktop Management+no data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX1212 (11_0)
Shader Model6.45.1
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA5.22.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 April 2016 14 May 2011
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 50 Watt

Quadro M2000 has an age advantage of 4 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

GT 530 OEM, on the other hand, has 50% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Quadro M2000 and GeForce GT 530 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro M2000 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce GT 530 OEM is a desktop one.


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